The prize pool for the tournament is $15 million, and participants can earn up to 500 ATP and 500 WTA ranking points.
Prize money and ranking points are at stake when the new ATP/WTA tour partnership begins on Thursday in three Australian cities.
Additionally, the mixed teams United Cup before the Australian Open, which begins on January 16 in Melbourne, may help alleviate some of the holiday fatigue.
From now until January 4, the first United Cup will take place in Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane. At Sydney’s Ken Rosewall Arena, from January 6 to January 8, the three city champions and the nation with the next-best group performance will meet to choose the overall winner.
The prize pool for the tournament is $15 million, and participants can earn up to 500 ATP and 500 WTA ranking points.
Despite not having participated in the Davis Cup for Australia in recent times, Kyrgios, a Wimbledon finalist, will lead the host nation. “There’s nothing more that I love than clearly being home, but having the option to play in Sydney, in front of the home fans, my family, and my friends,” Kyrgios declares.
When Australia begins group play on Thursday against England in Sydney, Kyrgios will face Cameron Norrie. When Australia plays Spain on January 2, he will then face Rafael Nadal.
“Frankly, I’ve never truly played that extraordinary in Sydney,” Kyrgios stated. However, I am certain that I will alter that account before the beginning of the year.” It is unique to perform by yourself in Australia. I won’t take it for granted because the tour is long and rarely includes a stop in Australia. No is in charge of Greece, which comes in first.
3 and Maria Sakkari, who is ranked sixth and the highest-ranked woman at number 1 player overall Iga Swiatek’s 11 Poland will be driven by Hubert Hurkacz, while the US will have the No. 1 Taylor Pegula, ranked 10th, and 3 Taylor Fritz will make up the number one One team. 11 Keys by Madison; 19 Nadal, Frances Tiafoe Martina Trevisan and Matteo Berrettini, who are both ranked 16th, will represent Italy, while Paula Badosa, who is ranked 13th, will represent Spain.
Each host city will highlight two gatherings of three competing nations in a cooperative arrangement. In addition to two singles matches for men and two singles matches for women, there will be a two-day mixed doubles match in each tie.
In a Group C match in Sydney on Thursday’s first day, the United States will also take on the Czech Republic. Switzerland plays Kazakhstan at night in a Group B match in Perth, while Italy plays Brazil during the day in a Group E match. In Group A, Greece plays Bulgaria, and in Group F, France plays Argentina later that night.